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Our sustainable future: the role of the Basel Convention
… economies in transition need to meet the global and local waste challenge. III. Waste is a global issue Because of the frequency of … movements of hazardous and other wastes around the world, waste is not merely a local or national issue, it is a global … Chemicals and Waste …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… impacts, increasing resource efficiency and reducing waste. This compilation will then support legal drafters and … buildings and eco-manufacturing, mining and minerals, waste management/waste-minimizing design, and manufacturing. Part IV analyses …
Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… following project types: avoided emissions from organic waste through alternative waste treatment processes (AM0025); fuel switch from fossil … plantations (AM0042); production of biodiesel based on waste oils and/or waste fats from biogenic origin for use as …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… increasing access to safe drinking water, the provision of waste water treatment and sanitation, and the prevention of … resources law, and is co-author of The Law of Hazardous Waste and Toxic Substances in a Nutshell (West 1997.) The … structures. Water in streams that is polluted through waste discharges, agricultural runoff or by other sources may …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 ARTICLE 32: WASTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … concerning the transboundary movement of hazardous waste, as well as the environmental degradation caused by … impact assessments and in spatial planning . ARTICLE 32 WASTE 1 . Parties shall ensure that the generation of waste …
Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2015: Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development
… areas, and promote green buildings and sustainable waste management within the context of a more circular … of historic urban areas; Promote sustainable waste management; Promote urban spatial patterns and … scarcities. Besides being about renewable energy, waste management, and sustainable consumption and production, …
GEO yearbook 2003
… of goals for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on waste and pollution, sustainable tourism, and energy supply … met in October, took key decisions to increase focus on waste minimization and to apply the terms of the Convention … Conference on Chemicals Management in 2006. Chemical waste storage of a soap and vegetable-oil factory in Lusaka, …
Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… and regional perspectives for sustainabil ity vii 5.4.2. Waste management for inland navigation … Convention on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste, Convention on Biological Diversity, Convention on … diversity, wetlands, and hazardous chemicals and waste. Nevertheless, only two of the regional and basin …